Combined coin and ticket holder.



4 F. a. HOLLAND. COMBINED COIN AND TICKET HOLDER. APPLICATION FILIED OCT- 2; I915.

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FRANK G. HOLLAND, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASS-IGNOR E0 IIZUTUAL SPECIALTY MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, A CGPARTNERSHIP CONSISTING- 0F FRANK G. HOLLAND, JOHN J. CASSIDY, AND JOHN GREEN, ALL OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED COIN AND TICKET HOLDER.

Application filed October 2, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK G. I'IOLLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and tate of "Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Coin and Ticket Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a pocket container for holding tickets, coins, etc., to be carried in the pocket and to efi'ect the ready dispensing by the use of one hand to such coins, and tickets, one at a time.

Subsidiary objects of the invention concern the provision of a device which can be cheaply and economically manufactured, that can be easily loaded, that can be operatcd by the left hand equally as well as by the right hand, and that will invariably deliver only a single coin or ticket at each operation.

Further objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds.

In many cities, the payment of street car fares is being effect-ed by the use of pasteboard tickets, and such tickets have long been in use in diliercnt parts of the world for steam car service. Also the dispensing of small coins is frequently desira he as for transfer charges on street cars, and the purchase of newspapers, drinking cups, and the like. Of course the device of this invention is not limited to such uses.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of my application, I have illustrated the appearance, construction and mode of use of my improved device, and in these drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete device showing its mode of use; Fig. 2 a top plan view; Fig. 3 a side elevation; Fig. er. a sectional view on the line 4+4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a central sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 a right hand end elevation; Fig. 7 cross sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 a development of the top blank and Fig. 9 a development of the bottom blank.

Describing the parts by reference characters the device preferably comprises an elon' gated body part having a fiat bottom 1 and having its margins turned upwardly by a Specification of Letters "Eatent.

- Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 53,757.

suitable drawing operation to form the upright sides 2 2 and integral ends 3, t. The distance between the sides 2-4? is sufficient for the reception of the tickets in question, while the end 33 is preferably curved as illustrated in. Fig. t to define a coin receptacle.

The top of the box preferably consists of a flat rectangular portion 5 having its lateral edges bent downwardly as at 66 to overlap the upper edges of the walls 22 and having one of its ends formed upon a semi-circle as shown at 7 corresponding to the shape of the end wall 3. Concentric with the portion '7' I form a circular aperture 8, and upon the opposite side of said aperture from said semi-circular part I. form a transverse slit 9, bending clownwardly a portion of the metal between that slit and the aperture 8, to form an incline 1.0. Merging with the slit 9 upon the side opposite the aperture 8 1 form the elongated opening 11. A portion of the metal origii'ially lying in this opening I retain shown at 1.2 in Fig. 8, ultimately bending it downward at right angles to its original plane to form the tongue 12, the lower end of said tongue being projected through an aperture 13 in the base 1 and afterward bent or clenched as shown at Fig. 5 so as to hold the top in place. t will be seen that this tongue forms a vertical continuation of the incline 10 and thus separates the coin receptacle from the ticket receptacle and joins the parts together. As an additional security I may form the edges 6-6 with small projections i l-Ale adapted to enter suitable apertures 15 15 in the side walls ()r in case soft metal is employed I may solder the parts, or in case the metal is suiiiciently stiff I may dispense with securing the devices additional to the tongue 12.

The upper edge of the end wall 3 is spaced below the side walls 2-2 sufficiently to form with the top portion a coin slot 20, and inside the coin receptacle I locate a metal plate 21 supported upon a volute spring 22, this shape of spring being chosen because it affords a uniform pressure while permitting an extreme contraction because of the interfitting of its coils. Inside the ticket holding portion I insert an elongated flat bottom plate 23 supported by a volute spring 24, the spring being held in place in any convenient manner as by forming a depression in the plate. The end of the plate is preferably bent downwardly as shown at 27 to facilitate the insertion of tickets. For the same reason the wall L is terminated at a point below the top of the box so as to allow access to the tickets.

The depression of the portion 10 is so chosen that a single ticket will be dispensed upon a forward movement of the thumb as shown in Fig. 1. Likewise a single coin will be dispensed by a downward pressure and forward movement of the thumb, and the direction of movement necessary to the extrusion of the one is the same as that required for the delivery of the other, thus rendering the device peculiarly convenient.

Figs. 8 and 9 do not pretend to illustrate the blanks prior to the bending and drawing operations but rather an ideal. development. In the actual drawing operation, the edges are left in a rough and irregular condition so that trimming is necessarily delayed until after the shape has been achieved.

It will be understood that many departures in detail, construction and arrangement of the parts could be employed within the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. A combined coin and ticket holder comprising a box having a partition therein forming coin and ticket compartments at opposite ends thereof, each compartment having a delivery opening directed toward the same end of the box, the delivery of one of said compartments being above the top of the other compartment, whereby either a coin or a. ticket may be delivered without changing the position of the box in the hand.

2. Acombined coin and ticket holder, comprising a box having coin and ticket compartments therein and a finger opening to each compartment in the top of the box, and a delivery opening'from each compartment, both of said delivery openings being directed toward the same end of the box,,and the delivery opening from said ticket compartment being above and turned toward said coin compartment.

3. A combined coin and ticket holder, comprising av box with top and bottom plates, the top plate having a depending tongue secured to the bottom plate to fasten the plates together and forming a partition dividing the box into coin and ticket compartments.

-l. A holder of the kind described, comprising a box with top and bottom plates,

the top plate having a delivery slit and finger opening therein, and a tongue projecting inwardly from the edge of the slit and attached to the bottom plate to fasten the plates together.

5. A combined coin and ticket holder, comprising a box with top and bottom plates, and a partition extending between said plates and dividing the box into coin and ticket compartments, the front end of the box havin a coin deliverv slot and the rear end of the box having a ticket filling opening, the top plate having a finger opening into the coin compartment, and also having a finger opening into the ticket compartment, and a delivery slot at the front end thereof, and an the topinclined guide depending from plate, under said deliveryslot. V

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK G. HOLLAND. Witnesses:

HAROLD E. SMITH, JOHN GREEN.

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